MONDALE, Walter Frederick, a Senator from Minnesota and Vice President of the United States;
born in Ceylon, Martin County, Minn., January 5, 1928; attended the Heron Lake
and Elmore, Minn., public schools; attended Macalester College in St. Paul,
Minn.; graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951; served in the United
States Army 1951-1953; graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School
1956; admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1956 and commenced practice in
Minneapolis; appointed and elected attorney general of Minnesota in 1960 and
reelected in 1962; member of the Presidents Consumer Advisory Council
1960-1964; appointed on December 30, 1964, as a Democrat to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hubert H. Humphrey for
the term ending January 3, 1967; elected in 1966 for the term commencing
January 3, 1967; reelected in 1972 and served from December 30, 1964, until his
resignation December 30, 1976; chairman, Select Committee on Equal Education
Opportunity (Ninety-first and Ninety-second Congresses); elected Vice President
of the United States on the Democratic ticket with President Jimmy Carter on
November 2, 1976; inaugurated January 20, 1977, and served until January 20,
1981; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for reelection; unsuccessful Democratic
nominee for President of the United States in 1984; Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary to Japan, 1993-1996; special envoy to Indonesia (1998); unsuccessful Democratic candidate for
the U.S. Senate in 2002; is a resident of Minneapolis, Minn.